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Francis Noonan

Advisor at Personal Financial Specialists

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Location

Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927

Credentials

ChFC®, Series 63, Series 65

Industry experience

42 years

About

Francis Noonan is a financial advisor with Personal Financial Specialists, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, with 41 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial LLC since 2025 and previously operated his own sole proprietorship under Personal Financial Specialists from 1999 to 2025. He also has extensive experience with Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., Bauman, Noonan and Associates, and American United Life Insurance Company. Personal Financial Specialists primarily serves retirement plans and plan participants, along with IRA and money-management clients, providing plan communication, administrative services, and investment advice tailored to participant needs. The firm’s investment approach is largely non-discretionary, focusing on mutual funds and ETFs selected from Charles Schwab’s no-transaction-fee lists and guided by a primary-market-trend framework, combining technical and fundamental analysis.

Client services

Based on Personal Financial Specialists

Portfolio management Pension consulting

Expertise

Based on Personal Financial Specialists

Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Retirement income strategy Income planning Passive / index investing

Occupation focus

Based on Personal Financial Specialists

Retired Founder/Business Owner

Fee options

Fixed

For some retirement plan clients, out-of-pocket cost limited to $375 per year under certain pricing options

Percentage

$0+: Up to 1% annually for Money Management clients, negotiable $0+: .25% annually for IRA clients

Commissions

Separate and standard compensation received as registered representative for executing security transactions; commissions may be charged by broker/dealer but not combined with advisory fees

Other

Account minimum: $150,000 to $200,000 (if client wishes to trade individual securities) Fee-only: 0.25% per year for IRA clients; up to 1% per year for money management clients, negotiable; retirement plan fees negotiated with plan trustees, typically $375 per year out-of-pocket for plan participants under certain options

Location

14 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 125

Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927

Most active in

New Jersey

Work history

LPL Financial

2025 - Present (1 year)

Francis Noonan - Sole Prop dba Personal Financial Specialists

1999 - 2025 (26 years)

Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc.

1991 - 2025 (34 years)

Bauman, Noonan and Associates (Self)

1991 - Present (35 years)

American United Life Insurance Company

1990 - 2025 (35 years)

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